United Capital Financial Advisors LLC Invests $19.83 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

United Capital Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 47,670 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,829,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after purchasing an additional 114,533 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in F5 during the second quarter worth $2,611,637,000. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in F5 by 1.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after purchasing an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in F5 by 68.5% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $579,699,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at approximately $549,115.05. The trade was a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $60,624,143.16. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on FFIV shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $410.22 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $404.14 and its 200-day moving average is $351.66. The stock has a market cap of $23.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.66, a PEG ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.F5’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

F5 Profile

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.